Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

Yun Mo picked up a big steaming meat bun and stuffed it into her hand. He leaned close to her and smiled softly, "I heard that the Master gave you a soul-calming jade. That jade is a treasure chest that can hold everything."

"Did they believe it?"

"Why don't you believe it? Didn't you collect all those treasures of ours?" Yun Mo looked at her with clear eyes and determination.

Lin Yinan nodded and stopped asking questions. It would be best if no one came to trouble her.

As evening approached, Yun Mo took Lin Yinan to the restaurant where they had dinner yesterday and then went back home for dinner.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Yun Er rushed up.

"Master, you are finally back!"

"What's the matter?"

Yun Er lowered his voice and said, "Yun Qi and the others who went to get information have returned and are waiting in Madam's room."

"What's that fragrant smell?" Yun Ergou had a very sharp nose and immediately smelled the aroma of food emanating from the food boxes in the carriage.

Yun Mo took out a few food boxes and handed them to him, "Take them and give them to the brothers."

"Madam and Second Master, don't they have any?" Yun Er saw that the two of them came down empty-handed.

"Don't worry about it. Second uncle won't treat them badly." Yun Mo took out a bag of silver from his arms and continued, "Let the brothers take it for a snack. Don't go hungry."

Yesterday he heard from the secret guards that the meals prepared by the Yun Mansion for the secret guards were even worse than what they had eaten on the road.

Yun Er grinned brightly, jumped on the carriage and went to the backyard with the secret guard driving the carriage, "Okay, I'll take the food to the brothers first."

Only Yunye, Yunsi and Yunqi were in Yunmu's room, so Yunmu went to help Lu Yashuang take care of the children.

Lin Yinan and Yun Mo sat down, and Yun Ye handed the documents he had sorted out to them.

"The secret guards have secretly checked. This is Fan Xueli's daily whereabouts."

Lin Yinan read ten lines at a glance and soon found that one of the documents said, "Hey, this is a granary?!"

She raised her head and looked at Yun Mo with shining eyes. Now that she had the space, she became obsessed with stockpiling food.

Yun Mo quickly took the paper from her hand. After a moment, he looked at Yun Ye and said, "The Fan family has stored quite a lot of food!"

"Judging from the grain stored in this granary, I suspect they have more than 5,000 troops." Yun Ye murmured.

"How about we take over this granary?" Lin Yinan asked tentatively.

Yun Mo's eyes suddenly sparkled, and he did not hide his greed at all, "Can you let it go?"

"Yes!" Lin Yinan said affirmatively.

Yun Ye rubbed his brows. The couple's thinking span was so wide that he could not keep up. "Fan Xueli hasn't been dealt with yet. It would make too much noise if we rashly attacked the granary."

"Second brother, we can split our forces into two groups."

At this time, Yun Er just quietly pushed the door open and walked in. Yun Mo turned around and saw that it was him. He continued, "You've come at the right time. I'll leave the task of killing Fan Xueli to you. An Nan and I will go grab some food."

"But Anan is pregnant..." Yunye was a little hesitant. Although his third brother's wife was a bit tough, she was a pregnant woman after all.

Lin Yinan said, "Don't worry, second brother, it won't affect the operation."

The couple insisted on robbing food, so they gathered together on the map of Nanzhou Prefecture to carefully discuss countermeasures. Fan Xueli was accompanied by guards every day when he went out, and there were also several masters following him secretly. It was not an easy task to kill him, and they had to ensure that the shot hit the target in one go.

Lin Yinan pointed at the alley he had to pass through every day and said, "Yun Er, I will give you a secret medicine from our sect. You hide here and take them down. Then send a few skilled kung fu players to deal with the masters hiding in the dark."

Yun Er had seen how powerful Lin Yinan was in using the drug in Jiancheng. He rubbed his hands and wanted to ask her for a weapon. "Madam San, did you bring your rapid-fire crossbow?"

"I brought it. I'll give it to you later."

The Yunye brothers and Yun Er and the others agreed that Yun Er would go back tonight to call some people over, set up the scene, and then they could start the decapitation operation.

"My second brother and I are planning to go to Nanman Prefecture. It's a vast place with few people, so it's very suitable for us to settle down there. What do you think?" Yun Mo pointed at Nanman Prefecture on the map and said to Lin Yinan.

"This Nanman Prefecture occupies a larger area than Nanzhou Prefecture. It's a pity that Yun Zhenchuan and Fan Xueli just let it go to waste." Lin Yinan sighed.

"Yesterday I heard from the female shopkeeper of the cloth shop that the land there is barren and close to the sea. During the grain harvest season, Japanese pirates come ashore to rob. The people there are living in dire straits. In the past two years, they have fled to settle near Nanzhou Prefecture. I heard that two villages were massacred last year. It is really a pity that such a large prefecture is so desolate."

Yun Si added, "I heard from the people who escaped there that the climate in Nanman Prefecture is pleasant and you can grow two crops of rice a year."

"Let's take that land." Yun Mo couldn't help but feel excited when he heard that he could grow two crops of rice.

Yun Ye also nodded in agreement. Food was of utmost importance. When they were stationed at Yanmen Pass, they had never had a full meal.

"I'll go back now and let Yun Yi prepare. Once things are done here, we'll set off." Yun Er said as he stood up and walked out.

"Be careful on the road!" Yun Mo warned.

"Don't worry! I'll be back before dawn."

When he opened the door, he saw the secret guards tying up a servant from the Yun residence and standing at the door.

"What's wrong?" Yun Mo asked.

The secret guard replied, "Master, this guy is always peeking out of the yard. We followed him and found that he is actually in contact with someone from the Fan Mansion."

Everyone understood that this was to inquire about their news on behalf of the Fan family.

Yun Er took the servant from the secret guard and said, "Master, I just happened to be going back to the manor, so I'll take him out and take care of him while I'm at it?"

"Should we give it directly to our second uncle? It would not be a good idea to deal with his servants without his consent." Yun Ye looked at Yun Mo.

"Humph, he is in cahoots with Fan Xueli, we will just deny it to the death."

Yun Mo waved at Yun Er. The servant with his mouth blocked struggled desperately, whimpering. Yun Er disliked his noise and slapped him on the back of the neck. The servant fell down limply. The secret guards hurried forward to help carry him out of the yard.

The next day, the Yun Mo brothers were sparring in the yard when they were called away by Yun Zhenchuan's attendant, who said that Fan Xueli was going to invite the two of them to visit Fan's house.

In less than half an hour, the two brothers came out of Fan's house with gloomy faces.

After the Yun brothers left, Fan Xueli was sitting in the study room when a dark shadow quickly came down from the corner.

"Master, the servants of the Yun Mansion sent a message that the people from the Yun family's main house did not go out yesterday. Only the Third Master Yun and his wife had dinner outside."

"That's all?" Fan Xueli raised his eyelids and looked at him.

The man in black felt nervous and lowered his body quickly, "The news is absolutely true. The young lady was also in Yun's house yesterday."

"Well, let someone keep watching."

"There is one more thing. A strange merchant came to Nanzhou Prefecture and wanted to purchase a batch of grain to be shipped to the north. The price he offered was quite high."

Fan Xueli stroked the jade plate on his thumb and said expressionlessly, "As usual, throw the bait out, wait for him to pay the grain money, and then kill him as soon as he leaves Nanzhou Prefecture. Foreign merchants will never be able to transport a grain from Nanzhou Prefecture."

He took a sip of the tea, which was slightly cold and had lost its flavor. He put the cup down and said, "Remember to inform the other families. Anyone who dares to sell grain secretly is showing disrespect to our Fan family."